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Definitions: MISERICORDIA |
MISERICORDIANoun1. An indulgence as to food or dress granted to a member of a religious order. 2. A thin-bladed dagger; so called, in the Middle Ages, because used to give the death wound or "mercy" stroke to a fallen adversary. 3. An amercement. |
Date "MISERICORDIA" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1590. (references) |
Etymology: Misericordia \Mis`e*ri*cor"di*a\, noun. [Latin expression, mercy, compassion; miser wretched cor, cordis, heart.]. (Websters 1913) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Possibility | Phrase: misericordia Domini inter pontem et fontent; " the glories of the Possible are ours "; anything is possible; in theory possible, but in practise unlikely. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: MISERICORDIA |
| English words defined with "MISERICORDIA": Miserere, Misericorde. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "MISERICORDIA" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Italian (mercy), Latin (compassion, merciful, mercy, pathos, pity, sympathy, tenderhearted), Spanish (charity, clemency, compassion, forgiveness, mercifulness, mercy). |
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Movie/TV Titles | Misericordia (1953) | |
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| "MISERICORDIA" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 75.00% of the time. "MISERICORDIA" is used about 4 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 75% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Noun (proper) | 25% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 4 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "MISERICORDIA"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Turkish | merhamet (Agape, benignity, charitableness, charity, clemency, commiseration, compassion, grace, loving kindness, mercy, pity, Ruth). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Luke Chapter 1, Verse 50 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Kai to eleoV autou eiV geneaV genewn toiV foboumenoiV auton |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Et misericordia eius in progenies et progenies timentibus eum |
| Old English | 990 | West Saxon | And hys mildheortnes of cneoresse on cneoresse hyne ondrædendum; |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | And his mercy is fro kynrede in to kynredes, to men that dreden hym. |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | And his mercy is on them that feare him thorow oute all generacions. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | And his mercy is on them that fear him from generation to generation. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | And his mercy is on them that fear him, from generation to generation. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | His mercy is for all generations in whom is the fear of him. |
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| Language | Luke Chapter 1, Verse 50 |
| Cebuano | Ug iyang ginakaloy-an sila nga mga nagakahadlok kaniya, diha sa mga kaliwatan ngadto sa mga kaliwatan. |
| Chinese | 他 憐 憫 敬 畏 他 的 人 、 直 到 世 世 代 代 。 |
| Croatian | Od koljena do koljena dobrota je njegova nad onima što se njega boje. |
| Danish | og hans Barmhjertighed varer fra Slægt til Slægt over dem, som frygte ham. |
| Dutch | En Zijn barmhartigheid is van geslacht tot geslacht over degenen, die Hem vrezen. |
| Finnish | ja hänen laupeutensa pysyy polvesta polveen niille, jotka häntä pelkäävät. |
| French | Et sa miséricorde s`étend d`âge en âge Sur ceux qui le craignent. |
| German | Und seine Barmherzigkeit währet immer für und für bei denen, die ihn fürchten. |
| Haitian Creole | L'ap toujou gen pitye pou tout moun ki gen krentif pou li. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Keturunan demi keturunan Tuhan menaruh belas kasihan kepada orang yang takut kepada-Nya. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Maka rahmat-Nya tetap turun-temurun atas segala orang yang takut akan Dia. |
| Italian | di generazione in generazione la sua misericordia si stende su quelli che lo temono. |
| Manx Gaelic | As ta e vyghin orroosyn ta goaill aggle roish, veih sheeloghe gys sheeloghe. |
| Maori | He mahi tohu tana ki te hunga e wehi ana ki a ia, ki tenei whakatupuranga, ki tenei whakatupuranga. |
| Norwegian | og hans miskunn er fra slekt til slekt over dem som frykter ham. |
| Rumanian | wi kndurarea Lui se kntinde din neam kn neam peste cei ce se tem de El. |
| Russian | Й НЙМПУФШ еЗП Ч ТП"Щ ТП"ПЧ Л 'ПСЭЙНУС еЗП; |
| Shuar | Tura Niin umirkatniun wakerana nunasha Yus tuke waitnentrartatui. |
| Swahili | Huruma yake kwa watu wanaomcha hudumu kizazi hata kizazi. |
| Swedish | Hans barmhärtighet varar från släkte till släkte över dem som frukta honom. |
| Uma | Ma'ahi' -i hi hawe'ea tauna to mengkoru hi Hi'a, duu' rata hi muli-muli-ra. |
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| Words rhyming with "MISERICORDIA" (pronounced 'Mis`e*ri*cor"di*a'): Arcadia, Arthrodia, Cardia, Cirripedia, Fissipedia, Hemicardia, India, Leptocardia, Lindia, Madia, Octopodia, Pinnipedia, Praecordia, Redia, Scandia, Shepherdia, Synarthrodia, Woodwardia. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-d-e-i-i-i-m-o-r-r-s" | |
-2 letters: miscarried, misericord. | |
-3 letters: airdromes, coadmires, cramoisie, misrecord. | |
-4 letters: admirers, airdrome, armoires, armories, carromed, casimire, coadmire, comrades, corrades, corridas, dioecism, dioramic, disarmer, idiocies, idocrase, isomeric, marrieds, miradors, misorder, racemoid, semiarid. | |
-5 letters: acrider, admirer, admires, adorers, armoire, armored, carders, caromed, carried, carries, carroms, cirrose, cirsoid, coarser, codeias, comrade, corders, coremia, corrade, corrida, corries, corsair, crosier, daimios. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-d-e-i-i-i-m-o-r-r-s" | |
+4 letters: radiochemistries. | |
+5 letters: diastereoisomeric. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4D 49 53 45 52 49 43 4F 52 44 49 41 |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001101 01001001 01010011 01000101 01010010 01001001 01000011 01001111 01010010 01000100 01001001 01000001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)M I S E R I C O R D I A |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004D 0049 0053 0045 0052 0049 0043 004F 0052 0044 0049 0041 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)474353395243374952384335 |
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